WEBCLIP - Conflict strips people of hope in Far North Cameroon (ENG)

The conflict between non-state armed groups and government forces in the Lake Chad region has been ongoing for 10 years. People in northeastern Nigeria have borne the brunt of the violence, but people in neighouring Cameroon are not spared. Today, there are more than 270,000 internally displaced persons and more than 100,000 Nigerian refugees living in Cameroon’s Far North, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR.

MSF has been providing humanitarian assistance to people affected by insecurity, particularly in the border zone with Nigeria since 2015, and is currently working in Maroua, Mora and other nearby regions.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF295930

Date taken / Date Recorded 16/10/2019 12:00 AM

Country Cameroon

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Juliette Muller

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m51s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 260.63 MB

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ITW
Djida, blessé en 2019
Djida, wounded in 2019
Ce jour-là ils sont venus aux environs de 19h30, j’étais couché. Je me suis levé et j’ai entendu un coup de fusil. La balle m’a touché ici, et est ressortie par derrière. Ils ont cru que j’étais mort, et j’ai pris la fuite, je suis allé en brousse.
This day, they came around 19:30, I was lying in bed. I woke up and I heard a gunshot. The bullet hit me here and came out the back. They thought I was dead and I ran away, I went into the bush.
CARTE-
Nigeria-Niger- Cameroun- Tchad- lac Tchad- Mora-Maroua.
Nigeria-Niger-Cameroon-Chad-lake Chad-Mora-Maroua
TEXTE
Loin des feux médiatiques, le conflit qui fait rage
dans le bassin du lac Tchad depuis 10 ans continue à pousser les populations à fuir,
notamment au nord du Cameroun
Far from the media headlines, the ongoing conflict around lake Chad bassin since 10 years
still forces people to flee, especially in northern Cameroon.

ITW Manuel*, déplacé en 2019 Manuel, displaced in 2019
*prénom d'emprunt *name has been changed
Ils ont brûlé 56 maisons, les bœufs, les poulets, les chèvres, … on a estimé à plus de 600 animaux qui sont partis en fumée.
They burnt 56 houses, beef cattle, chickens, goats, … we estimated that more than 600 animals have been burnt.
Avec nos moyens, les vélos, les pousse-pousse, on a réussi à venir, mais venir pour rester où ?
We succeed to arrived by our own means, by bike or " pousse-pousse ", but coming to stay where ?
ITW Jacqueline, habitant près de Mora
Jacqueline, lives near Mora
On ne peut pas subvenir à nos besoins, car à cause de l'insécurité, l'accès au champs est
limité.
We cannot support ourselves, because due to insecurity, access to the field is limited.

Les revenus sont maigres donc je souffre
pour payer la scolarité de mes enfants, nous n'avons rien.

I don't have a lot of income so I suffer to pay for my children's schooling, we have nothing.
TEXTE
Depuis près de 5 ans, MSF appuie le Ministère de la santé pour la prise en charge des victimes du conflit, notamment à Maroua et Mora.
For almost 5 years, MSF is supporting the Ministry of Health to provide care for victims of the conflits, particularly in Maroua and Mora.
Les équipes gèrent les urgences et la chirurgie,
MSF teams manage emergencies and surgery,
traitent les enfants atteints notamment de paludisme, diarrhée et malnutrition
treat children with malaria, diarrhea and malnutrition
et dispensent des consultations psychologiques.
and provide mental health consultations.

ITW Dondi Haman, déplacé depuis 2014 displaced since 2014
Nous sommes vraiment en train de subir une souffrance à laquelle on ne s’attendait pas.
Jusqu’à nos jours on est là, on se bat.
We are suffering like we didn't expect.
Until today we are here, we fight.
TEXTE
En 2019, au Cameroun, on comptait plus de 270 000 déplacés internes et plus de 100 000 réfugiés nigérians*.
In 2019, in Cameroon, there were more than 270,000 internally displaced people and more than 100,000 Nigerian refugees*.
*chiffres de l'OIM et de l'UNHCR
*IOM and UNHCR figures